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THIS ARTICLE GIVES A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION CONCEPT, FOLLOWED BY A SURVEY OF DEVELOPMENTS IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM A LONDON PERSPECTIVE. THE OFFICIAL SECRECY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION ISSUES ARE CONSIDERED FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES INCLUDING THE CONFLICT OF INTERESTS OF GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL PARTIES, AND BUSINESS.

Providing an analysis of the development of relations between Russia and NATO, this volume investigates the nature and substance of the 'partnership' relations that have developed between Russia and NATO since the end of the Cold War. It will be useful for students and scholars of International Relations, European Politics and European Security.

AbstractIn a recent paper in this journal Duncan Pritchard responds to an objection to the modal account of risk pressed by Ebert, Smith and Durbach (2020). In this paper, I expand upon the objection and argue that it still stands. I go on to consider a more general question raised by this exchange – whether risk is 'objective', or whether it is something that varies from one perspective to another.

AbstractIn this paper I will compare two competing accounts of assertion: the knowledge account and the justified belief account. When it comes to the evidence that is typically used to assess accounts of assertion—including the evidence from lottery propositions, the evidence from Moore's paradoxical propositions and the evidence from conversational patterns—I will argue that the justified belief account has at least as much explanatory power as its rival. I will argue, finally, that a close look at the ways in which assertions can be challenged and retracted reveals a certain advantage for the justified belief account. The paper will touch upon a number of further topics along the way, including the logical interaction between knowledge and justified belief, the nature of defeat, and the hypothesis that knowledge and justified belief are normatively coincident goals.